My name is
Radissche!

Radissche has been gently affectionate to all members of our household. She is slow to warm up to new people, but once you're in her circle of trust she is the most loyal, appreciative sweetheart. She gives gentle kisses and likes being close.

Before fostering, I used to take her on long adventurous hikes because it seemed that she had a good amount of energy to burn. Now that she is settled in to a regular routine, it looks like she's equally happy being a cozy house dog.

Radissche has great house skills. She is fully house trained and knows to go potty outside. She loves to chew on dog chews and I have seen zero destruction or chewing on furniture or anything other than the chews I give her.

Radissche would love to sleep in bed with us, but also likes her crate. She voluntarily goes into her crate at night to lick pb from her Kong. She would prefer the bed, but bedtime has been reserved for cat snuggle time (the cat was ours first, and Radissche is not trustworthy with cats). During the day, when the crate is open, Radissche sometimes goes into her crate to chill with a good bone or other chew.

While Radissche would love to be close to her humans throughout the day, I do work away from home. Radissche does love having her humans around but has not displayed much separation anxiety. She has been content with a nice morning walk, a walk during my lunch break, and evening attention and walks.
Radissche a leash skills have improved, and while she does pull when there are people walking their dogs, she is calmer and calmer about the usual dogs barking from their homes. We have a neighbor with three beagles that bark a lot, and Radissche no longer cares and walks past their house on a looser and looser leash.

Pros: House trained- will consistently wait to go potty outside. Crate trained- will sleep in crate (but would love be a bed if that's an option in your home). Does not jump on people. Eager to please people she loves. No counter surfing. No destruction of furniture. Independent enough to tolerate having her people or person leave her in the home for reasonable periods of time. Relaxed and low energy in the home- old enough to not constantly need to run and play, but energetic enough to go on adventures. Gently affectionate- enjoys laying next to her people or draped over them.

Cons- Radissche is not trustworthy with other animals. She has a prey drive and I've seen her kill a mole and try to kill turtles outside. She is reactive to cats and dogs and would need an owner who is careful to keep her on leash, away from face to face meetings with dogs and cats. It is theoretically possible to improve this, but she is 7 years old and has had years to practice reactive responses. If her new owner wants to work on this, it should be with a professional who only uses gentle methods because use of aversives or any kind of harshness from humans would only contribute to her timidity and distrust for humans and would increase any fear based reactivity. Calm, gentle walks where Radissche can experience what it feels to not have to react has been helpful.

Radissche will never be a life of the party kind of dog. She wants to have a person or a circle of people that she trusts and loves. Radissche is timid with new people and typically does not want to be pet by new people until she trusts them. Trust can be built with time and patience. Radissche tends to warm up to women quicker than men.